Being Single!

A relationship status despised by many, but also embraced by people who are strong enough to withstand what comes with it.

Here’s our collection of quotes about being single. Some are hilarious, some are heartwarming, some are thought-provoking, and some are words of wisdom that will teach you invaluable lessons about single-hood.

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Single and Happy	Empowering and Inspirational	Funny	Give Love A Second Chance

Quotes About Being Single And Happy

1. Being single can also mean that you are strong enough to enjoy life without being dependent on someone else.

2. Better single and happy than in a relationship and miserable.

3. Not being in a relationship doesn’t always mean that you know anything about love. Sometimes people just choose to stay single.

4. It’s not about being with someone who makes you happy. It’s about being someone who makes you happy. – Jay Shetty

5. Don’t put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket. It’s dangerous. It means that we can’t be happy without them. – Jay Shetty

6. Someone who isn’t happy with being single will never be happy in a relationship.

7. I am single because I am waiting for the right person.

8. Being single is not the equivalent of loneliness.

9. There is no point in a relationship when the drama and heartache of it outweighs the good. When it comes to life, there are no one size fits all solutions. You do you and I do me.

10. Being single is just a momentary status, it doesn’t have to be your destiny.

11. The biggest myth we were told when we were younger is to find someone who completes us. How can you find someone who completes you when you’re already complete? We are told be with someone who makes you happy. When actually what we need to do is be someone who makes you happy. – Jay Shetty

12. You are not a loser when you are single. Quite the contrary: only strong people can live without having to depend on someone else.

13. One of the best times for figuring out who you are & what you really want out of life? Right after a break-up. ― Mandy Hale

14. Single doesn’t mean you know anything about love. It just means you know enough to wait for it.

15. Love yourself before loving someone else. You can be single and enjoy life to the fullest.

16. When you’re struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it’s just as hard as what you’re going through. ― Nicholas Sparks

17. Being brave enough to be alone frees you up to invite people into your life because you want them and not because you need them. ― Mandy Hale

18. If you learn to really sit with loneliness and embrace it for the gift that it is…an opportunity to get to know YOU, to learn how strong you really are, to depend on no one but YOU for your happiness…you will realize that a little loneliness goes a LONG way in creating a richer, deeper, more vibrant and colorful YOU. ― Mandy Hale

19. I’m Single! No Drama For Me. – Proudly Single – I’m Single and I’m proud – Single! No need to ask for permission!

20. If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do. ― Thomas Hardy

21. Only a tough person can be happily single and enjoy life in a world where people will settle for just about anything.

22. Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake & help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for. ― Mandy Hale

23. It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on. ― Nicholas Sparks

24. Imagine doing what you want, wherever you want, and when you want. No strings attached, no waiting, no expectations, no glances of disapproval and no interrogations. That’s the life of a single person.

Empowering And Inspirational Quotes About Being Single

25. It is always better to be single than being in a broken relationship.

26. Don’t make the mistake that many people do: enter a relationship to please your friends or family. Never do that. You will never be happy. You do you. Being a single person is not a disease. You are not the first and will never be the last.

27. Everyone you meet, is going to come with their own baggage. You just need to find the right person who loves you enough to help you unpack. – Jay Shetty

28. Don’t let anyone mess with your feelings. Reserve your heart for the best because you deserve the very best.

29. Never get into a relationship, commit yourself and lose your identity just because you’re afraid of staying single.

30. Keep looking for love passionately, but please don’t let that stop you from living your life to the fullest.

31. Spend your time as a single person to improve your skills and to grow as a person.

32. Being happy comes from the inside. Make sure you have fun in your own company.

33. At times it is essential and even healthy to be alone. You can learn more about yourself when you aren’t surrounded by the noise of this world.

34. Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.” ― Lady Gaga

35. Your happiness is not dependent on anything external. Don’t give the key to your happiness to anyone or anything or any situation. Happiness is an inside job. – Jay Shetty

36. Let no one in this world convince you that you can’t be who you are.

37. Do not conform to the rigid social norms of your environment. Do all you can to become the person you want to be.

38. It’s sad to see people conform to society’s checklists and then use that same checklist to judge others.

39. Refuse to conform to the norms and expectations of society.

40. Focus on this skill that’s called: Being Self-Satisfied. You’re living your purpose. Living what matters to you and functioning from that point, inside out, rather than going, oh my god, if this works out, then I’m going to be happy. – Jay Shetty

41. Every time you say: If I get promoted, If I get that degree, if I marry that guy/girl, if I become rich, etc., then I’ll be happy, You’re actually putting your happiness onto something you don’t fully control. Don’t let your happiness be controlled by something you can’t control.

42. We’re meant to love people and use things, but today we use people and love things. – Jay Shetty

43. We all need to find someone who makes us want to change our life and not just our relationship status. – Jay Shetty

44. Don’t let your happiness depend on something or someone you may lose.

45. Some people want the facade of a relationship without the work of a relationship.

46. Are you still single? Don’t worry. God wants to save you for someone special. Your time will come.

47. When you’re young you say: “I love you because I need you”. When you grow up you realize “I need you because I love you”. – Jay Shetty

48. Imagine being with someone your whole life, externally, but internally they’re not sure they’re with the right person. Imagine spending your whole life with someone, but in the back of their minds, doesn’t think about moving forward with you. Remember, that even at your best you’ll never be right for the wrong person. But even at your worst, the right person will remind you of your worth. – Jay Shetty

49. No matter how hard you try, the wrong partner is not going to be happy. However, the right person will always be there for you no matter how many mistakes you make.

50. Through your experiences, you either get a person for a lifetime or the lesson of your life. – Jay Shetty

51. A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence. ― Mandy Hale

52. You can’t live your life for other people. You’ve got to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love. ― Nicholas Sparks

53. It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn’t know what they mean to you. ― Michael Bassey Johnson

Funny Quotes About Being Single

54. Do you know what’s sad? A romantic film reminding you that you don’t have a love life.

55. Seeing two lovers kissing each other, almost always leads to the question: Where is mine?

56. She is free like a bird. She is calm like a river. She is resilient. She is incredibly, terrifyingly, unapologetically strong.

57. I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.

58. Believe me when I tell you that being single won’t kill you.

59. I am in a relationship with myself and it is the best one so far.

60. Imagine being able to do whatever you want whenever you want without anyone’s permission. That’s called Being Single!

61. Just imagine having all the peace and calm you want. No one talking in your ear first thing in the morning or in the evening before you sleep.

62. When single, I am the happiest person in the world when I look at my wallet, but the saddest when I look at my bed.

63. I’m not alone forever, I’m available forever.

64. I’m not single! I’m in a relationship with myself.

65. That wonderful feeling when you look at couples fighting and you realize that THIS is not going to happen to you.

66. Some people don’t want a relationship, but just friends with benefits.

67. If I decide to go it alone, it’s my decision, my choice, my business and my life.

68. I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me.” ― Lady Gaga

69. Sad because you are still single? Stop it. Get up, put on your best clothes and go find your darling. This is real life. Prince Charming only happens in fairy tales.

70. I prefer to be with someone who can provide me commitment, love, trust and mind-blowing sex. I won’t settle for anything less.

71. The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely. ― Charlotte Brontë

Quotes To Live By When You Want To Give Love A Chance

72. When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.” ― Jess C. Scott

73. Imagine if you used relationships to get to know other people, rather than to satisfy what is blocked inside of you. If you’re not trying to make people fit into your preconceived notions of what you like and dislike, you will find that relationships are not really that difficult. If you’re not so busy judging and resisting people based upon what is blocked inside of you, you will find that they are much easier to get along with—and so are you. Letting go of yourself is the simplest way to get closer to others. ― Michael A. Singer

74. Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn’t make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more. ― Nicholas Sparks

75. Never invest in any kind of relationship with anyone who is not willing to work on themselves just a little every day. A person who takes no interest in any form of self-improvement, personal development or spiritual growth will also not be inclined to make much of an effort building a truly meaningful connection with you. A relationship with only one partner willing to do the work ceases to be a relationship. And as anyone who has been there will tell you – it’s pointless to try and dance the tango solo. ― Anthon St. Maarten

76. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that’s what you’ve given me. That’s what I’d hoped to give you forever. ― Nicholas Sparks

77. The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it’s over. ― Nicholas Sparks

78. I mean, if the relationship can’t survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term? ― Nicholas Sparks

79. Every great love starts with a great story. ― Nicholas Sparks

80. Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. ― Robert A. Heinlein

81. Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself. ― Gary Chapman

82. Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love…but don’t put your life on hold waiting for love. ― Mandy Hale

83. You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. It’s actions, not words, that matter. ― Nicholas Sparks

84. If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them. ― Michael Bassey Johnson

85. I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together.” ― Lisa Kleypas

86. True love is rare, and it’s the only thing that gives life real meaning. ― Nicholas Sparks

87. My daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away. ― Nicholas Sparks

88. We have to allow ourselves to be loved by the people who really love us, the people who really matter. Too much of the time, we are blinded by our own pursuits of people to love us, people that don’t even matter, while all that time we waste and the people who do love us have to stand on the sidewalk and watch us beg in the streets! It’s time to put an end to this. It’s time for us to let ourselves be loved.” ― C. JoyBell C.

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